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New. Shakespeare was an astute observer of contemporary life, culture, and politics. The emerging practice of territory as a political concept and technology did not elude his attention. In Shakespearean Territories, Stuart Elden reveals just how much Shakespeare's unique historical position and political understanding can teach us about territory. Shakespeare dramatized a world of technological advances in measuring, navigation, cartography, and surveying, and his plays open up important ways of thinking about strategy, economy, the law, and colonialism, providing critical insight into a significant juncture in history. Shakespeare's plays explore many territorial themes: from the division of the kingdom in King Lear, to the relations among Denmark, Norway, and Poland in Hamlet, to questions of disputed land and the politics of banishment in Richard II. Elden traces how Shakespeare developed a nuanced understanding of the complicated concept and practice of territory and, more broadly, the…
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- Title Shakespearean Territories
- Author Stuart Elden
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780226559056 / 022655905X
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6.2 x 1 in (22.61 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Shakespeare, William - Criticism and, Geography in literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018004669
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.33
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